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To: naturalman1975

“I’m sure he’s aware of those quotes.”
You can’t tell by his public behavior.

“Because he is an assassination risk”
Who would wish to kill Charles? The IRA killed his great uncle Louis Mountbatten, but they are no longer waging that war. The Muslims love him, and the Israelis don’t hate him. Of course all celebrities are at some risk, but Queen Sofia of Spain flys super-economy, and doesn’t seem to worry about the Basque separatists, who unlike the IRA are still active.

“his security staff are entitled to travel business class under their terms of employment with the Metropolitan Police.”
Charles is a very wealthy and influential man, and can hire his own security on his own terms. If he was a real conservative and “environmentalist” he wouldn’t agree to burdening British taxpayers with such lavish perks.

Please tell Charles that if you cannot walk the walk you should not talk the talk.

His mom enjoys her own great wealth, which is fine. The difference is the Queen doesn’t try to tell everyone else how to live their life. She just gets on with her own.


65 posted on 06/11/2010 9:06:49 PM PDT by devere
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To: devere
Who would wish to kill Charles?

The main current threat to the Prince of Wales is a random nutcase. The same type of random nutcases that shot President Reagan, tried to shoot President Ford twice, and who, if you accept the official version, shot and killed President Kennedy. Most assassins aren't political - they are insane and target famous people. It doesn't make them significantly less dangerous.

As I've said, I've stood within metres of the man as someone ran towards him firing a pistol. That particular person did have a political agenda - he was trying to raise awareness of the plight of Cambodian boat people. He wasn't a genuine assassin, the only person he expected to die was himself, but it indicates the wide range of political issues that might inspire a person to these types of actions. It's not always the obvious ones.

Charles is a very wealthy and influential man, and can hire his own security on his own terms. If he was a real conservative and “environmentalist” he wouldn’t agree to burdening British taxpayers with such lavish perks.

Could he afford his own security staff? Sure. Why should he? The primary reason he is in any danger is because of the duties he undertakes on behalf of Britain and the Commonwealth. And under British law, he's required to accept S014 security - he doesn't actually get a choice. Understand that if anything happens to his mother, he is King instantly until he abdicates or dies - a position that would make him Commander-In-Chief of all British forces. He could, legally, order the British Army to surrender, or to invade France (Constitutional convention means he wouldn't, but the power is real). More realistically, he is in possession of a great deal of intelligence information, that could have serious consequences if it fell into the wrong hands. He is protected for good reason.

His mom enjoys her own great wealth, which is fine. The difference is the Queen doesn’t try to tell everyone else how to live their life. She just gets on with her own.

You haven't listened to many of the Queen's speeches have you?

Of course, the media adores her and doesn't try to paint her as a fool.

Believe what you want to believe. No - sorry. Believe what the media is telling you to believe.

66 posted on 06/11/2010 9:31:50 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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